Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Let’s ignore Fox News to death
Could it be that the Fox model has played out? Could it be that the lack of civility and grace, the embrace of the most extreme candidates as long as they were Republicans, indeed, the whole idea behind Roger Ailes’ brainchild – a pimping station for the far right – may be politically bankrupt?It was great fun to watch the paid liars of the right on Election Night as their carefully-constructed anti-reality crumbled in the face of the truth. But I think it’s time to stop rewarding the denizens of Bullshit Mountain with all this attention. I enjoy seeing Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart take the lies apart day after day after day after day after day – but Fox News was designed and built to destroy the truth, and there is very little to be learned from analyzing the traffic on the channel. We know what their mission is, we know what their methods are, and we know what they’re going to say before they say it. Why call any attention at all to a media outlet that is the moral equivalent of pumping raw sewage into the town square?
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1259
Week of November 5, 2012
Part 1 29:37
Grateful Dead June 25, 1993 RFK Stadium, Washington DC
WHARF RAT->
SUGAR MAGNOLIA
~
THE WEIGHT
Part 2 26:22
Melvin Seals and JGB Live at the Great American Music Hall
FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE
Interview: Melvin Seals
Melvin Seals and JGB Live at the Great American Music Hall
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from AEG Live, presenting Dark Star Orchestra November 23 and 24 at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. DSO recreates the Grateful Dead live concert experience by performing faithful interpretations of historic Dead setlists from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. More information on the Thanksgiving weekend shows in New York City is available at www.bestbuytheater.com
Sittin’ in with Mark Karan
I was delighted to be invited to join Mark Karan and his friends at Sweetwater in Mill Valley on Wednesday, October 24. The first game of the World Series was on the big screen in the venue when we got there, and the show started after the Giants’ victory was completed. Happy audience!
I joined Mark and friends in the first set for Friend of the Devil, Long-Term Love (which Mark and I wrote together), and my arrangement of New Speedway Boogie.
Jon Hart recorded the show and posted it on archive.org. Here’s a link to the complete recording.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1258
Week of October 29, 2012
Part 1 35:59
Grateful Dead June 25, 1993 RFK Stadium, Washington DC
DRUMS->
SPACE->
I NEED A MIRACLE
Part 2 20:10
Grateful Dead, Dick’s Picks vol. 20 (9/25/76)
COSMIC CHARLIE
Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia, Keystone Companions
IT AIN’T NO USE
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1257
Week of October 22, 2012
Part 1 21:14
The Infamous Stringdusters, Silver Sky – Deluxe Edition
HE’S GONE
Talk
Grateful Dead June 25, 1993 RFK Stadium, Washington DC
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER->
I KNOW YOU RIDER
Part 2 34:03
Grateful Dead June 25, 1993 RFK Stadium, Washington DC
SAINT OF CIRCUMSTANCE->
UNCLE JOHN’S BAND->
CORRINA